"Tackling the Depression" basically explains how he dealt with budget deficits and the like.In the late 1930s, however, FDR brought the nation`s attention back to foreign affairs. He was alarmed by Germany`s aggression in Europe and Japanese incursions in the Pacific. A widespread isolationist perspective held by the electorate, and by Congress, which enacted neutrality laws intended to prevent American involvement in a second world war, inhibited the president. <--- This answers your question. Try not to copy and paste though. ;)